The Sun. — London, England, 1808-05-21 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1 21, 1808. Fust before this Paper was put to Press we re ecivul Matla Papers to the 18th inst. They con tain interesting intelligence respeeting the affairs of Spain, of which we can only to-clay give the follow- ink; abstrad - i— • , • , • The Dutch Journals contain a long article, trans lated from the Moniteur, of the t i th, dated Bayonne, the 6th instant. This article gives intelligence from "Madrid, written on .the evening of the 2d, by which it appears: that 'violent disturbances had 'taken place in that Capital. Tbis French account begins by. stating, that mr since the events at Aranjuez, the people of Madrid had been disturbed state ) that,Offence-was daily given to the French ; that for .two days there had been 1111`• 0)04'90S a,svtnblies, WhiCil appeared to have some certain obje6t in view. The cool and prudent part of the . . French and Spanish 'saw that a crisis , was approaching, and wished to bring the-multitude to reason. The Queen C.),f L7aviuta and Don FRAN CISC. 0 wished to go to Bayonne. The Grand Duke of Mato attempted to rescue them. He was sur rounded as he was going to the Palace, and defend ed himself long, • and he was on. the point of fail lag;: When ten grenadiers ,rescued - him. At the same :rnorrient a second Officer was wounded by another crowd. The great• strectlOf Akala, the Sun:Gate, and the great Syiare, were crowded. The (;gaud Duke gave the alarM, and flew to his post, and a Battalion of the French marched to the Grand' Duke at the-Palace, with cannon, "wilere the d:sturbers had assembled. A tiring took place from two rinks, and in a short time the multitude were dispersed. Woo ral GROUCHY was ordered to , disperse the crowds , in. the street of Alcala—thitty, pieced of cannon with grape shot, and a charge of .cavalty, cleared ell the streets. Yet the insurgents, though they fled from the streets' into the houses, fired from them upon the French soldiers—Generals, GULLe• LOT and DAUBUIN broke open the doors, and all who . Wert, found. with arms iu their bands were to dt:at.h.—Gen. DAMsslSet. aside two charges with cavalry in the Square, and had two hones killed under him. The insurgents made for the arsenal to seize ' the arms and canuoni---t hey broke iu, but Gen. LEPR4EN arrived in time te.'save the arms. All who Were in. the arsenal- Were put to death. - The French Garrison of Madrid were close etn'aged in this affair: When the firing - of cannon was heard in the camps outside the City the troops . marched When the Esti.saelt received- the - tidings of the . above husiness, he• went to King CHARLES, and met linn:coming from the Empress's, where he had dined, and on telling him the news, the King said— ‘o I ,have foreseen this evil—/hose who set the po.- pulace on think they can restrain them," The King instantly resolved to appoint the Grand Duke i ,of Berg X,ieutenant-General of the KingdOms end at the same time sent Patents to the. Councils of Castile and War. . , . F. The Kite n afterwards called the Prince of As. Tye iill4 to him, and read t heG randlluke let ter. Ho observed to him ) ; hat' lie nowsaw the result of his criminal condit6,l' in flattering the. prejudices of the people, and 'forgetting the sacred tespep . he owed •to - the Throne and the lawful Authorities — Popular s;einniatioris' were like lire, .easily excited, but it required another mind and another arm than his to extinguish 'them. The next article is a letter ion) BUONAPARTE to the Prince. of Amu; .dated the itith April, in which he defends the Prince of Peace. He ad. dresses hint , " My Brother," at the beginning ;• but in the body of the letter styles him only ‘,‘ Royal highness.'' . The next is a long letter from King CHARLUS to the Prince of ASTUlttite, dated the 2d May, re. 'alive to his condu6t. The ad Article is the folloW 7 ing letter frOM the Prince of Asturias to thelithillt Dc),,t,AwrpNt9, at Madrid : " I have jient the following letter to olden. Father to-clay--' Honoured Father and Lord. 4 In Order to give you a proof of my love and obe dienc,,, and Jr) 10101164 of your desire, I resign my CrOWLI . in .favour of your . Majesty, wishing you may ettjoy l it .many years ! 1 recommend to your Majesty the persons who have served me since the totb of 'March. _I rely on yotir asoar atwes in this respea. I pray. to ,God to preserve you many happy days. I throw myself at the feet of your Royal 'Ma jesty, the 1113144310 t of your ,on.. " klaptsAtto." FERDINAND then recalls all powers be bad given to persons to fill different of Wi-list night received some Foreign Journals, -Wain 'Which We have made some extracts respecting Portugal. General JUNOT, aa'a mark of his master's approtsagom and. favour, has been honoured with the title of Duke of AuItANTH4i and we cannot avoid callingAhe attention of our Readers to the article from Liston in which this new creation is an irottiiced : it is impossible to conceive any thing more grossly or cruelly insulting to the . tirsicirtunate people of Portugal, more especially when it is con pied with a Proclamation from Jo war, contained in the same Papers, by which the most severe penalties are denottneed against those who way attempt to escape front -French exaction and oppression, and even , against Persona who shall receive any Letters, Papers, ,it e :n the English Squadron. The ar ticle ‘frotal.ll(isboo, to which we bare alluded, thocelt Elia . ; in point of form, official, is certainly so in substance ; and 'therefore, the following sen tence which it contains must be considered as hav ing been inserted with the approbation, or, More probabl y , by the circlets, of BUON A P A UT E : Tins Portuguese have seen with the most lively satisfaCtion in the saute choice (the appointment of JUNOT 10 be Duke of ABRANT . ES) 41' new . bond he , . tweet]. this Country and the illustrious War. rior, that governs it :in 'tile name of ,the .BULER. of EUROPE." We 'should be 'glad 'fto hear' the sentiments of the EMPEItOItS of Russia and AUSTRI, but particularly of the former, upon this sentence. iIueNAPAcTF. has, undoubtedly, for some •time exercised a despotic authority over those two Emp,erors, \but- he never before openly an doOnced them to the world as his vassals. A very pompous, but uninteresting account, is given in these Papers, of the ceremony of presenting the Sword of FaaN et I. taken at the battle of Pavia, to General MURAT: ' A Letter•hasheen received in Town this morning from Yarmouth, which states., that ititelligencehad been received there that a Dutch Lineof-battle Ship had escaped.out of the Texel. IN giving an Astra& of Colonel SHIP Lev's speech on the LoCal Militia Bill, the Opposition Papers record, with great complacency, that he assured. the House, " when the events of the last two years ItoulCl be consigned to the page of history, posterity Would discover an' extraordin try Contrast between the cnndna of the late and present Administration N Nothing Was ever more corm& ; yet still we did . net expeEt the oluervation to;corne'froin Colenel . tirtlr.r.y., He, it is welt known, applauded all, the measures of the late Ministers, and condemns all those of the present; yet, such is the innate force of truth, that the , Hon. Gentleman, in the ard,Our at speaking, remits from his own party, and bitter ly reprohatts in the, gross what be had so cordially approved in detail. In one thing only the speaker has/failed;, he haS otnittc‘d to specify the particular If Els of the two Administrations, which, in his opi»" nion, will furnish such an extraordinary controt„ in the eyes of posterity. This delta we,, as hound in .duty, shall indeavour, to supply; and we most can didly apprise our Readers, that our disappointment will be very severe' if, after carefully; perusing what we are about to state, they do not fully agree with 'Colette/ SIIII'LEY and ourselves, that " POSTRILEY WILL. DISCOVER AN EXTRAORDINARY CONTRAST BR7. k.A,t4" THE CONDUCT OF' TRH LATE AND INtEnNT, ADMINISTRATION." The laic Administration compromised the 'honour of this Country, and I) , ms:dyed the 'safety of Europe. They found two powerful States pnited against the col - ninon Enemy, and clamorous for'assistance they looked on the struggle with the most insulting apathy, and turned it deaf earto every w reaty ! The destiny of the world depended, itt no inconsiderable degree, on the preservation of Dautzic ; .a few Gun. brigs might have maintained i 4 against all kower of Flatlet!: Spithcad was literally cnOtunbered with them, and yet oat a single one was suffered to weigh an anchor ! BLIONAPART.k; was bearing down the llussitm Armies by, dint of superior numbers; and frequent, and, indeed, pathetic applications were made from St. Petersburgh, that we would endea 7 your to lessen the pressure,' by alarming the coasts al France or Italy : the return to these was a mad and wicked Expedition to Alexandria; which end bled the French to onfurnish the shores of the Me. ditqr3nowl, and pour additienal myriads upon the already'retiring Troops of Russia ! of Tilsit, apd all its' concomitant evils ) ; f u llowed as a natural consequence : one powerful Monarchy was entirely destroyed; a great and ringhtY'Prhentate was. converted, from a zealous friend, intOa mosi bitter encmy ; and the whole Continent Of Europe, with the exceppou of Sweden, laid Kt the feet of au execrable Tyrain, who was thus en powered i t) . di. r.etA all its risoUrces against Great .I;ritain. Such was " the coliduct of the tale Administration The preseht Administration found BPONAPARTE in possession of all the southern coot x Unto with aft unlimited controul civet the Navy of Russia, a preponderating in ti ence inil k tha.Pounifils of Den- - t and a fixed determination to terrify or cajole Sweden into the surrender of her 'Meer, with an ie 7 : tent of combining the maritime forces of the three Powers, and directing diem against the most yid ,nerable part of the British Empire! a -scheme at once feasible, striking,_thagnificent, and. pregnant with greater dangers to this Country, than any hostile plan" which :the st 4 titife malignity of its enemies ever, formed against it. From the fu rious and reiterated attacks , . of the late Ad ministration," on , the Danish. Expedition, it .is perfectly 'clear, that , Ithe clepinratile politicians of whom it WAS composed would not have awaked from their death-like slumber of security till IWO-. •NAPARTE had effeCted his gigantic measures, and, with the united maritime force of three Etripices, poured irresistible destruction on the Northern shores of Great Britain. And here, let us call the grateful attention of'our Readers to that mereifUl interven ,- - ' tion of. Providence, Which removed such weak and dangerous Ministers from our Councils, and inspired his Majesty with wisdom to aelet others, from whose integrity and vigour we may hope (under that` 'gracioui Power, whose ,guiding hand is so vi sible) for.security, glory, and itsattendant blessings, prosperity and lasting peace! To return to Colonel SHIPLEY. The Reader has seen in what state Europe was left by the " late Ad- ministration ;" it remains to perfect: - the contrast, for the benefit of " posterity." Fully sensible of the evils arising front the pernicions torpor of their predecessors, " the present 'Administration" orga nized, with a speed hitherto unknown, a Most powerful armament, 'of which the object was not even suveCted by our enemies abroad or at home, and diSpatched it to secure the Navy; of Denmark, on Which the subje6tion of Sweden, and the conse quent junetion of the naval strength of the Baltic, ultimately depended : this was as gallantly achieved. as judiciously concerted, and . the key,stone_ being thus withdrawn, the ecLfice fell of course, and laid the daring projetat of BuOSAPARTE in ruins ! In this instance, then, " posterity will discover an extra-. ordinary contrast between the condo& of the late and present Administration ;" - and their astonish ment at the blindness of the former, will be con . verted into horror, when they learn the tremendous magnitude of the danger to which, they exposed us. Had their . pestilential counsel been followed, ,the Tyrant of Europe would have assembled, in the before the end of January, a naval forte of fifty sail of the Line, an equal nunther of stout Fri ' gales, and fiOLO two to three hundred Gun-boats of a most , formidable description : theft, tilled with Troops, which were purposely cantoned along the Coasts, would have been pppareci to sail on the first breakintup of the ice ; and an easy navigation of three or four days,. from the lase of Norway, would have, broUght them to the liumber, or the Frith of Forth! It will be recollecleti, that from the end of January to that of April, a.space of three months, the Wind blew constantly' and powerfully from.the East ; so that, however Urgent the call, it was ab sOlutely impraeticablo to send a single Squadron of large Ships, to watch, much less to defeat, any ho!tile designs of : the Enemy, who might have landed 150,000 •rnn, and retired to their harbours' unmolostetl,' lon before we had lost sight of the Downs. :From all this evil, and more, the energy of " the present Administration" has micueti us ; and we hope that it will tint be forgotten by " pos terity,'`. when they set about for I 111.11'g t,.ie" c6tr:ls,t? The," late Administration" sacrificed mit most powerful Allies; o,tlcl we .cannot. telicet without scorn and indignatiO on; that base and cowardly de relletioa of every honourable principle, 'which prompted tke-4.!;:ac-tti of it party (now .reduced -to a faetion) to IVAose, when "the present Administra, , m Lion" asked for supplies to enable the gallant young King of Sweden (the 'onl3r friendly Power who had not falters a viEtint to the irnbeclity ot their predecessors)to defend his country, and preserve a brave and loyal people from slavery and destruction, that a million sterling shoUld be given him for:the-express pnrpose of transferring it to the handsof his and our most inveterate ,enemy, as the price of a shameful and insecure Peace ! ! ! While we have a tongue to speak, or a hand to direa a pen, we will never suffer it ta he 'forgotten that the Leaders - of 'the Party; the oraeles . of "the late Administration," exhorted the Government of this Country 'to contribute . their efforts--Aiot. to make a last stand against the total subjugation . of the Con incur, not: to hold out an ex- ample of resistance that should ennoble weakness, and teach valour not to despair, bur, horrible, w relateto'.iair the whole at the feet ()fa ifratitie Ty rant, and ettieguish every vestige of independence, honour, ,acrd erne patriotism, yet to be tOund in rope we gather a gleam of comfort from the conteMplation of such atrocious folly, it arises from th e Lireconviklion that the, persons who are guilty uf it, duly :sensible of their fallen estate, have resign.; ed every - hope of sharing in any future .-14miuistra.1: Lion, and having nothing to gain of the public, Ve oaroless what they may losa. " Posterity" svill not fail to " discover an extraordinary contrast of thd late and present Adininktration" its this ithtance we prwurne, even though it bhpuld be trattsfet rod thej)2f,p9f histua" s la_Col. SLILPLY." The "late AdministrationT di,graced, the Army, and, what we scarcelybelievett possible, what indeed_ required all their imbe.ciiity to, effea,,it s , Navy The " present Administration" laced both situation. to do themselves honour (more is unneceiz, , sary) ; and they did"hi The I.lte Administration," after keeping , the troorA on ship-board for several - months, after dispatching them from sea to sea in a deultory pursuit of -orders, finally placed the most numerous and gallant Ahoy that everleft the shores of Great Iritaiu, in the hands of a man " ToTALL,v UNFIT ANTi UNWORTHY TO SBRVE HIS MA.IliaiTY ANY ATIL/TARY CAPACITY WHATEVER." Tile" sent Administration". sent their Armament directly to its obje&, under the controul of Officers recom mended no less by their experience than their cou-„. rage; and the result of the two Expeditions was naturally such as fully to justify the admirable obit seryttitin of Col. SHIPLE . Y, that " posterity would discover an extraordinary contrast between the'cond!. dud of the late and present Administration !" It is so repugnant to our feeling to enter into the 1111... miliation of the Navy, that we shall not (though "'posterity" certainly will) " contrast" the ineffi.:' eent force that was entrusted to the brave Ducvi _ WORTH by the "late Administration," with / the comminding Fleet' given to Admiral' t3AMBIErt by the c‘ present." Perhaps 'enough has been already said to confirm the assertion of Col. SHIPI.kY : but if any doubts• should yet remain, if any Sceptics of any party should yet incline to question its accuracy, we are perfes.tly prepared -to retm&the political mea' sures of the last three years, and, by a fair and cap., did discussion. of each of them, to prove, beyond , the possibility of cavil, that when ‘f they shall be consigned' to the pap of biltary, posterity will dit' cover an extraordinary contrast between the cenclat of the late and present Administration !" Yesterday morning his MAJESTY . , Princesses All 4 ousT o t, SoYtua, and AMEUA, accompanied by LOrdr. : SOMERSET, Lady BUCKLEY, \ Generals Gwycniii GARTH, and FITZROY, and Colonel Tocou, rot l . o on horseback for near two hours. _ . . The QUEEN, PrirlCCSheS ELIZABETH and MARY, the Duke of CtimasaLA•ND, and Princess CH An L oTTli of ‘VALES, took an airing to the Princess ELI z,113 ETke4 Cottage in ,pld Windsor i . after which dm Pritice s3 CH XULOTTI: tits eft' for London: . _ . Mt . (IKtats - nao has %linen a letter II) the Chairman of the Portugal Club, 'assuring him (for the informaa. Lion of the Merchanta concetnad in thlt track), that the Portuguese Minister lu written to hint, s rarhig that . his hest setvic;a. should 4e crnployed wish aid Prince . Regent, that the . Poriugnese Government should consider itself responsible to his Britanuia Majesty's subjects for any losses that may have taken place in consequence of the ass of the Portu4 .guese Government pre% it to, its emigration hi" Lisbon, and partieulitrly for those sustained WIJ 4 the.Degree_of ath November last. FASHIONABLE ELOPEMENT:!--Wille IlDfOtHArlate °C " correncie we alluded toyesterday, has excited more stirprise in-the higher circles than any event of th e same kind that has happened for a long period , ° ll , the chaiaaer of the lady was so high in the esteen' of all who kne'w her. The supposes' laatilitut is flat a Mr. J. as first stated, but a baronet, the son of a di' . tinguished Nobleman. There is too much Nasal; to believe that 'the LW) , had for ,gnine time resolve a on the desperate course which she has adcipteds by the arrangement she bad made, -and the cliade s ' iri* removarof her -wardrobe, &c. She had Prof vionsly.discharged her female attendant. the 'ant, it seems, called at the time -when tie vow' husband was absent, and was admitted, and WI soon of beans' the Lady walked out of the liOus® together. tier absence was not .obs.;-rved till dinner , when his Lordship began to ha uneasy, and after sendnig to the house of hi wile's noble father, nial not tittliina, her there, .he (11-xlo:zed his apprehensions to the ~tiobletnatt who din-d with bi ln. [l e ihimedi' 'ately consulted a great legal . nothorifY as -to th e propereourse to tie adopted. The retreatof the fa" gitives has not been ye t dkeovcred, thou gb all poo:' ble Means have, been pursued. It i s , h ij waver, supposed that they babe not the metropolis.' FAL:nov-I'p,. MAY t 19.—Arrived the Intel 1 4 44 Gun-brig from Plymouth, with officers belonging North to the Hants Militia, which Regiment are ex- Pedod to arrive here to-inorrow, Also arrived the f,sther, of Jersey, late ASHPLEY Master, from Caiditi,: with oats, bound to Jersey, taken yesterday niartang by .the Plench Schooner Privateer Les .l.kuS Freres, about 1-4. leagues W. Of . the Liiard , whichlbad also etiptsird a Brazil Ship (Portuguese) , with cotton wool, -and Brig from "Swansea; Oa! Litter the Privateer Betsy .was lett in chafe Of, 0. 14 the AaipeßwiSe,Cutter, KINiMAN, in chase 91 . La Alex Freres ;. the above . Vessol was re-captured the /Mire.. • • • . Yesterday arrived off this Port Mit Majesty's ShiP President, of 44 guns, and Serapis Suite-ship IraA Torbay, with tin Sail under convoyfiir the Brazils. &tiled the American Ship Ostigd, Capi.'PorLo s i for New /rot lc, having-on board - Mr. Pi NCKNfr,:Y _Mr. LOUIS also several .American Passengers ; ed . the Gallica . Willielmina for °Porto. Ptxmou'ra, MAY 19.—ArriVed the Ponipee, 80 guns, and Shannon-Frigate, from the EA,' tvitrd• Sailed the Diana Frigate on a crtliZO, 30t1 Old Cgo sack Sloop of War to the Westward. Passed by the. Virago Gun-brig from Portstuou' 1 1 ') with a convoy for Ireland. PORTSMOUTH; MAY goo—Arrived this day O e Dailington, RoutteSON ; Brixton, IshaaritiGALE Roweliffe,'VEßEßT ; and Planter, Guittutts vb a few► Csoas tes and - Colliers 6om the Dowi• MALLS. DuE—YGottenburgh, ! Dublin, 3 Waterfoic4 PIKE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWVLVIL O'CLOCK. Comols - • - 671 IA TFI E S U - - £OLEM 21/111 DICSalt lALSUM AVD[AT)